They outfitted three carrier pigeons with teensy, high-density flash memory cards storing a total of 4 gigabytes--the equivalent of 1, 000 songs on an iPod mini--and cast them on a 62-mile journey.
In addition, the Drobo 5N, much like its sibling Thunderbolt-powered solutions the Drobo Mini and 5D, utilizes Drobo's Data-Aware Tiering capability, which intelligently uses high-performance flash (SSD) technology to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Lightroom and Apple iPhoto or iTunes fast access to data.
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Demand for high-performance 3-bit MLC NAND flash and 128Gb high storage capacities has been rapidly increasing, driving the adoption of SSDs with more than 250GB data storage, led by the Samsung SSD 840 Series.
"The Droid X launch has been very well received and is seen as one of the best smartphones in the market today with a 4.3 inch high-resolution display, Adobe flash and an 8 megapixel camera, " said SanjayJhaSanjay Jha, Motorola's co-chief executive.
Its Burst Alert Telescope is set up to catch the intense but fleeting flash of very high-energy gamma radiation that initially signals a GRB event.
This year, regulators have focused on the role high-frequency traders played in the May 6 "flash crash, " when some of the fast-moving firms stepped away from the market during the height of the turmoil.
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And one question that became especially relevant after the flash crash was whether high-speed traders who reliably supplied liquidity would do so in crisis.
In the past year, Ruiz said, AMD's share of flash memory chips in high-performance cell phones has doubled to 20%, a trend he expected would continue.
The move was mirrored by other high-frequency firms, making the "flash crash" worse, since the firms were no longer standing ready to buy stocks other investors were selling.
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In addition, a recent effort is under way to make use of the many PCIe-based interfaces that are developing as a consequence of the high speed data transfers that are possible using flash memory and future non-volatile memory devices.
The SSDs include Intel High Endurance Technology and uses 25-nm MLC flash memory.
The new 32GB memory card incorporates 32Gb 3-bit NAND flash memory chips and a proprietary 3-bit NAND controller to deliver the high performance.
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Samsung started production of 10nm-class 64Gb MLC NAND flash memory in November last year, and in less than five months, has added the new 128Gb NAND flash to its wide range of high-density memory storage offerings.
The tablet will have a 10.1-inch high-definition screen and come packaged with Adobe's Flash software for watching internet videos.
Critics say flash orders give a select group of high-speed traders a window into the direction of the market, giving them the ability to trade at lightning speeds ahead of less fleet-footed investors.
The Transformer Pad Infinity has a 2MP front camera for HD video conferencing along with an 8MP rear camera with a large F2.2 aperture, 5-element lens and LED flash for stunning high quality images or HD video capture.
The Semiconductor Business sustained profitability in the quarter, amid weak market demand, thanks to a mix of high-margin products such as servers and Solid State Drives (SSDs) coupled with differentiated 20-nanometer class NAND flash chips.
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The flash-crash report provides some vindication for high-frequency trading firms, which had been widely blamed for the mayhem that day.
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It means optimizing for Adobe Flash and developing for HTML5, which will lead to high-definition playback at or near native frame rates.
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The China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Index released last weekend rose to 13-month high of 50.4 in November.
In China, the HSBC Flash Manufacturing Index (PMI) rose to a 13-month high of 50.4 in November.
Texas Memory (a private company) has provided high end Tier 0 DRAM and more recently Tier 0 and Tier 1 NAND flash-based storage systems since 1978.
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This is not as a surprise as MRAM combines the best characteristics of RAM and Flash in a single memory that offers high performance, unlimited endurance and non-volatility.
The SEC is proposing a ban on flash trading along with other issues grabbing headlines, like direct market access for high-frequency traders.
Fusion-io is known for its high performance PCIe storage products and IO Turbine is offering technology for using flash storage for caching data in a virtualized enterprise environment.
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The HSBC flash Purchasing Managers Index for China, reported last week, hit a two-year high of 51.9 and was seen as a continuing sign that the country is emerging from a two-year slowdown.
Supporting standard and high definition content in 2D and 3D, Flash and HTML5 as well as H.264, MPEG-4 and AVC formats, the XT780 with Google TV powers the most versatile TV experience available for home entertainment today.
Introduced at this year's Wireless Broadband World Forum, these upcoming devices (which frustratingly lack either names or model numbers) also feature either 512MB or 1GB of flash RAM, with two of them adding T-DMB and VoIP capabilities, and the high-end model throwing in a little GPS action to boot.
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